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KITCHEN CABINET.

:Patented Mays', 1887r fum/kus UNITED vTTS! FERNANDO c. I`.AN-n

AND CHARLES S.

AonnsoN, or sAN ANTONIO, TnXAs;

SAID ACHESON ASSIGNOR TO SAID LANE AND LYCURGUS L. ABBOTT,

OF SAME P LA CE.

streuen-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming Application tiled January 24, 1887.

To'dll whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FERNANDO G. LANE and CHARLns S. AoHEsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of.'1exas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Flour and Meal Cabinets, of which the following is a. specification, reference being 'had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in cabinets for flour and meal, and it has reference particularly to that class'of inventions which have fo'r their objects to provide highly useful articles of furniture for the kitchen, as will be fully here;

inaftcr set forth-rf The invention has for its objects to improve and simplify the construction of the abovementioned class of inventions;V and it consists 2o in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. v

The above objects we attain by the means illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings,.in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of our simplilied cabinet, showing it open; and Fig. 2 a vertical sectional, elevation showing the cabinet closed.

lReferring to the annexed drawings by letters, 3o A designates the `body of the cabinet, which is divided-into two compartments by a central vertical partition. Upon the top of this body, near its rear, is located and secured a casing, B, which has its front side open and lis pro vided with small drawers C at each end for the reception of salt, soda, &c. Between these drawers there is a space, S, which may serve to hold a rolling-pin, dough-cutter, 81e. To the front edge of the casing B is hinged a. 4o anged cover, D, the downwardly-extending flanges ot which rest against the upper edges of the body of the cabinet when ina closed position. To the under side of this cover D is loosely pivoted a shelf, E, which, when the .15 cover, is thrown back, will rest upon a cleat, F, secured to one of the end flanges of the cover and bc thereby held in a horizontal position. The rear, side, and end pieces of the bearings G 'receptacles and casing B are extended up a short distance, as

pan of Letters Patent No. 362,388, atea May a, 1887.

SerinlfNo. 225.312. (No model.)

shown, and the upper front corners of the end 5o pieces are beveled or out away at G to serve as a substantial support or rest for the cover D when the same is thrown back to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Y

It is essential that the angle of inclination of the back bearings, G', shouldy be such with y relation to the position of the cleat Fthat when the cover Dis turned back against saidinclined the'shelt' E will assume a hori zontal plane and be sustained in this plane by said cleat F. It is also essential that both ends of the recess a should be closed lby the upright end pieces ofthe casing B, so that' when the cover D is shutthgrepill beginpas-v sage'f'r v'erminf This' being the case, the bread-board must be adjusted a little oblique to the length of thetop of the body of the cabinet when either one of the bins is uncovered, in which position one corner of said board will bear upwardly against the shelf S, which shelf forms the bottom of the drawerrolling-pin receptacles. the top of the cabinet, and covering the flour and meal receptacles, is theA bread-board G, the rear edge of which is inserted in a recess, a, under the lower edge of the casing B,which serves toprevcnt the board from tipping when it is moved to one side to gain access to the contents ofthe receptacles in the lower part of the cabinet. l

It is evident that the casing B may be either formed by extending the sides and back of the cabinet-casing, or may be made separately and secured in place. I

Au essential feature of our invention is the.y bread-board, which, it will be perceived, is capable of being moved endwise either way for disclosing or partially disclosing one of the bins below it. XVhcn moved to one side,.as

Resting upon shown in dotted lines in Eig. l, one of its in-v 9ov f ner corners will catch under the ledge of the groove and retain itin position, so thatthe contents of the bin may be arrived at without disturbing the materials or articles which have been placed upon the board. The board does not have to be taken on bodily with its contents in order to arrive at one ofthe bins, but only moved endwlse, its corner beingheld um der the ledge. This is a great convenience, as bread-board, the elevated casi ng B, provided found in actual practice, for there are oftenwith drawers, and an intermediate receptacle, .times many things upon the board which S, the shelf thereof forming a recess, a, closed should not be disturbed and sometimes make at its ends by the ends of said easing, said reit quite heavy. A further advantage in ar- I cess adapted to receive the hack edge of the ranging the board in this manner is that the bread-board in the manner described, the artielesin the bins below will at all times be hinged cover l), provided with a hinged shelf, protected from dust and dirt, as the board is the inclined abntments G for said cover, and sufficiently large to entirely cover the bins. the cleat F, secured to one end of this cover lo We are aware that it is not new in kitehenat such an angle relatively to the inclination cabinets to provide a hinged cover, which, l of said abutments that when the cover bears L when raised, must rest against a wall with a against them the hinged shelf E will be suphinged shelf. W'eare also aware that itis not i ported in a horizontal position by said cleat new to provide inclined back-supports for a i F, all substantially as speeied.

15 cabinet-cover. Veare furthermoreaware that ln testimony whereof we alix oursignatnres itis old to provide a groove or guide for an e in presence of two witnesses. endwise-sliding bread-board. We therefore( FERNANDO G. LANE. broadly disclaim such devices. g CHARLES S. ACHESON.

Having thus fully described our invention, Witnesses as to Lanes signature:

2o whatwe claim, and desire to secure by Leiters ANTON ADAM, Patent, is-` R. l). JAMns.

The within-deseribed kitchen-cabinet, coni Witnesses as to Achesons signature: sisting of the body A, having a top formed of I JOSEPH BIzons'roN,

flat horizontal pieces adapted to support a F. B. MUnLnNnnRG. 

